Pulmonary Thrombo-Endarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Artery Hypertension: 17 Years Single Center Experience. Impact of Multidisciplinary Team Approach
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Long-term outcome after pulmonary endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a single institution experience.
OBJECTIVE Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is the first treatment of choice with good short-term results. Only limited data are available concerning the long-term outcome after PEA. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term survival and functional outcome after PEA with nearly 10 years experience. METHOD In the period of Dec...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1053-2498
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.1278